Jiang Chong and Gongsun Yu went to Gongsun Qing's house to visit, Lu Ji felt very bored in the inn, so he called Lu Fu to go out to find a wine shop to drink, and wanted to go to the street after eating and drinking.

Lu Ji, Jiang Chong and Lu Fu had all been to Chang'an City before, so they didn't feel strange; And Gongsun Yu came to Chang'an City for the first time, and was very curious about the prosperity of Chang'an City.

Chang'an City has nine cities, that is, there are nine markets, of which the east city and the west city are the largest; Dongshi Xishi is located in the northwest corner of Chang'an City, adjacent to Weiqiao, which is the distribution center of various commodities, with an active commercial atmosphere, bustling and extremely prosperous on the street.

Walking on Xiyin Street, walk from east to west in the direction of Yongmen, first the East Market, and then the West Market. Lu Ji is still quite familiar with the bazaar of Chang'an City, and explained to Gongsun Yu while walking: the east city is close to the three major inner palaces (namely the Taiji Palace in the west, the Daming Palace in the east, and the Xingqing Palace in the south), and there are many royal nobles and dignitaries in the surrounding squares. The West Market is outside the Imperial City, surrounded by many ordinary people's residences, and the goods sold in the market are mostly clothing, candles, cakes, medicines and other daily necessities.

The group walked west along Xiyin Street, and when they walked to the West Market, they found that the West Market was more prosperous than the East Market; In fact, the West Market is the main industrial and commercial area and economic activity center of Chang'an City, where all kinds of commodities are collected according to categories, that is, the same kind of goods are gathered together for centralized trading, which is equivalent to the current professional wholesale market. On both sides of the street, there are many tea shops and wine houses, and all kinds of handicraft workshops are scattered among the fanglu; In addition to the Han people wearing Hanfu on the street, you can often see Hu people, of course, there are also a lot of disabled people, some are less on crutches with one leg, and some are less arm, Gongsun Yu was very surprised, so he asked Lu Ji: "Brother Lu, why are there so many disabled people here?" ”

Lu Ji shook his head, sighed and said: "These are all injured in the front line of military service, years of fighting, many people died, and many were disabled, they were not well treated, and they fell into the tragedy of lifelong disability." ”

Gongsun Yu asked again: "Then won't the imperial court heal after they are injured?" Is there a pension? ”

Lu Ji smiled bitterly and said: "After the battle, it is a blessing that you can come back, and you still want the court to heal and compensate, so they don't care so much." ”

Gongsun Yu still felt a little puzzled, so he continued to ask: "How did the imperial court recruit soldiers when they were fighting?" ”

Lu Fu heard Gongsun Yu asking, so he also interjected: "When a man is over twenty-three years old, he has to serve one year, one month and three days, of course, if you don't want to serve, you have to pay 2,000 a month to practice, but ordinary people can afford it, so whenever they encounter a war, they are conscripted to fight on the front line." ”

Gongsun Yu sighed after hearing this: "If I am still in my hometown of Qi State, I may have to be conscripted to fight in a few years if I encounter a war, but I have no power to tie the chicken, how to fight, I still tell my father to prepare for more money first; And what about after the war? Is it to disarm and return to the field after the fight? ”

Lu Fu continued: "After the battle is over, the dead, the wounded, and the injured must be disarmed and returned to the field, and they will do whatever they should do when they go back to their hometowns, of course, those who are strong enough to fight will be recruited as regular soldiers to continue to serve, and those veterans who return to their hometowns will obey the call of the imperial court at any time." ”

Hearing this, Gongsun Yu felt that Lu Fu was very familiar with military service, could it be that he had also been to the front line, so he asked, "Brother Lu, have you also been to the front line to fight?" ”

Lu Fu laughed after hearing this: "Of course, I went to Mobei with the army of General Wei Qing to fight, charged into battle, and was not injured at all, and then the battle was over, and I could have continued to serve as a regular army, but the two old people in the family were still alive, so I had to disarm." ”

After strolling around, the group returned to the inn.

Early the next morning, Zhu Lilun came to the inn to find Gongsun Yu and them, and brought the key to Gongsun Qing's old house on the edge of the West Market, and the group followed Zhu Lilun to the West Market to see the house.

The old house is located in the westernmost corner of Xiyin Street near the Yongmen, and there are not as many shops in the west of the West Market as there are in the east, mainly workshops, including winemaking, tofu, ceramics, slaughtering and so on. The house is quite large, divided into two parts: front and back; Facing the street in front, there is a big Chinese medicine cabinet on the side of the hall facing the street, it looks like it has not been used for a long time, the medicinal materials in it are gone, only dust, there is a side room on both sides of the front hall, there is a treatment bed in the left side room, the bed is made of mahogany, it looks like it should have been placed for a long time and no one has moved, but it is quite strong, next to a plaque covered with dust, it looks like no one has wiped it for a long time, the plaque says "Boji Medical Center" four big words, and the payment is Zhang Cang's title; At the back is the backyard, with a total of three houses, with a large house in the middle and side rooms on the left and right; There is a square patio in the middle, and there is a well in the middle of the patio, the mouth of the well is octagonal, and the well is very deep, but it does not seem that there is a lot of well water.

Zhu Lilun handed the key to Gongsun Yu and said: "Brother, the owner of this house used to open a medical hall, I heard that the medical skills are still quite clever, and then it was seized for some reason, your uncle bought it a few years ago, he heard that it was bought by the medical hall, but no one has lived in it, and I don't know what he wants to do with this medical center, but now you can come here, you can live first." ”

"Thank you Brother Lilun, it's good here, we are very satisfied, thank you for coming over early in the morning, you have been running around for our business."

"No thanks, this is what I should do, Lord Gongsun also explained, if there is anything in the future, you can go directly to him, you can also find me, I am willing to serve."

"Okay, thank you, Brother Lilun."

"You're welcome, I'll come over to see you every once in a while, and I want to drink with you."

After everyone sent Zhu Lilun away, they began to clean up the house.

It was not until the evening that the house was tidied up, and Lufu went to the bazaar to buy some meat and vegetables, and brought back a vat of old wine; The food and drinks were quickly prepared, and everyone sat around and drank together.

Jiang Chong had been drinking sullenly, and Lu Fu had already noticed it, and stepped forward to persuade: "Ciqian, you better drink less, this wine is old wine, and it is easy to get started." ”

Gongsun Yu also saw what was on his mind, so he also persuaded: "Brother Jiang, you don't have to worry too much, my uncle will do what he promised, it is estimated that there should be news in the next few days, we finally have a foothold in Chang'an City, everyone should drink happily." ”

Lu Ji also persuaded: "Ciqian, Brother Gongsun is right, Lord Gongsun will definitely help us with the message, don't worry, drink a bar." ”

Jiang Chong heard them persuading, and said with a smile: "You drunkards, you know how to drink, I'm fine, come, let's have a drink together." So he took a bowl of wine and drank it all.

After Gongsun Yu walked around the East and West markets with them yesterday, he always had a thought in his mind, and after a few glasses of wine tonight, he finally mustered up the courage to tell everyone his thoughts: "Ladies and gentlemen, when we went shopping in the East and West markets yesterday, we met a lot of disabled people, they were all caused by going to the front line to fight, and they all did not get good medical treatment to become disabled for life. So I have an immature proposal, I don't know if it's okay? ”

Lu Ji was a anxious person, and immediately said: "Brother Gongsun, if you have any good proposals, just say it." ”

Gongsun Yu said: "Brother Jiang knows medical skills, especially acupuncture, has reached the point of perfection, I have been practicing medicine with my father in my hometown, and I also know some medical skills, yesterday I also told my uncle that I still want to practice medicine in the future, and I have also been affirmed by him, or we will open a medical center here to practice medicine." ”

After hearing Gongsun Yu's proposal, Jiang Chong immediately said: "Good idea, there was a medical hall here before, and the medicine cabinet, treatment bed and other things are still there, why don't you open a medical hall here, what do you think?" ”

Lu Ji also felt that Gongsun Yu's proposal was good, so he said: "Of course you can, Ciqian, you can also do acupuncture, Lu Fu will go to the mountains to collect herbs, we can not only treat those disabled people, but also the poor people all over the world." ”

Lu Fu also agreed: "Brother Gongsun, your idea is really good, Ciqian, in the future, we can go up the mountain to collect medicine together, and build a grass hut in the backyard, and we can concoct pills there." ”

Gongsun Yu didn't expect his proposal to be unanimously approved by everyone, and he was happy, but he couldn't think of what to call it, so he asked again: "What should be the name of the medical hall?" ”

Lu Ji and Lu Fu both said that they were rough people and couldn't think of names.

Jiang Chong also said with a smile: "Brother Gongsun, we haven't started yet, and we don't know if we can continue to open it, so you thought of the name, it seems that you must be confident." ”

"Brother Jiang, our grandson's family has practiced medicine for generations, all of them are committed to saving the suffering and saving the suffering, these have become our family motto, today when tidying up the room, I found that there is a plaque of the previous medical hall in the side room of the front hall, which reads the four words Boji Medical Center, it is estimated that the previous medical hall is called Boji Medical Hall, or we will also call it Boji Medical Hall."

"Boji Medical Center," Lu Ji read again: "Boji Medical Center, just called Boji Medical Center, we are responsible for saving the common people in the world, Brother Gongsun, Ciqian, you all have benevolence, and those who are injured for the country should be treated with preferential treatment." ”

Jiang Chong also agreed: "Boji Medical Center, good name, senior brother, don't worry, I will do my best to heal those who are injured by fighting on the front line." ”

Gongsun Yu saw that everyone agreed with the name, so he raised the wine bowl in his hand again and said loudly: "Everyone is very happy tonight, we have both a foothold and our medical center, everyone has a toast." ”

"...

All four of them raised their bowls and drank them in large gulps, and they drank all the jars of wine.

Everyone was so drunk that they fell to the ground and fell asleep.